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Cyprus on Thursday hailed a U.S. memorandum allowing military sales, including arms, to the island as a milestone affirming recognition of the island as a pillar of stability in the east ...
The “Cyprus problem” refers to the division of the island 50 years ago after Turkish troops intervened in the north in 1974 when a Greek Cypriot military coup attempted to unite the island ...
The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot community in the north of the island of Cyprus, where troops of the Republic of Turkey are deployed. This dispute is an example of a protracted social conflict.
A Russian journalist detained in Cyprus for allegedly being a threat to national security has left the island, Cypriot media said on Saturday. The journalist's detention on Thursday in Nicosia ...
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations Peacekeeping Force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and to facilitate a return to ...
It was founded in 1926 with the name "Communist Party of Cyprus" fighting against fascism, imperialism and chauvinism, but also aiming at the independence of Cyprus from British rule. [ 24 ] AKEL is a Marxist–Leninist , eurosceptic and communist party , [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] classified as left-wing [ 28 ] [ 29 ] to far-left . [ 30 ]
3 October – The Hellenic Air Force evacuates Greek and Cypriot nationals from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon. [7]8 October – The European Court of Human Rights rules that Cyprus had violated the human rights of two Syrian asylum seekers who were deliberately kept stranded at sea for two days by marine police before being expelled to Lebanon in 2020.
The current situation in Cyprus. The two-state solution [1] for the Cyprus dispute refers to the proposed permanent division of the island of Cyprus into a Turkish Cypriot State in the north and a Greek Cypriot State in the south, as opposed to the various proposals for reunification that have been suggested since the island was split into two by the 1974 Turkish invasion.